My family and I love this place. I enjoy the fried chicken and my husband loves the chicken Parmesan . We like the atmosphere because it is very low-key and not pretentious. Not that we don't like pretentious restaurants, lol but it's nice to sit down and have a nice meal and not feel like you have to be fancy. The food is solid here. The only thing I would have them improve on is the pizza. But I am a huge pizza snob, so I'm kinda hard to please when it comes to pizza ‍ read more

A Disappointing Birthday Dinner -- Poor Service, Confusing Charges, and No Hospitality I recently visited Cappo's Italian Restaurant in Portage, Indiana, with my husband and stepdaughter to celebrate my birthday. Unfortunately, what should have been a pleasant evening turned into a very disappointing experience. I was born in New York City and have traveled extensively around the world, enjoying Italian cuisine in many different places. I appreciate good food, but I also believe that hospitality and customer service are just as important. I ordered a 10-inch gluten-free cauliflower vegetable pizza, which was extremely underwhelming and lacked flavor. My husband ordered the cod fish dinner, and my stepdaughter and I shared a New York cheesecake for dessert. I only had one bite of the cheesecake, but it was good. The real frustration began when the bill arrived. My pizza was listed at $13.99, with additional charges for every individual vegetable topping. Before ordering, I specifically asked our waitress, Donna, whether there was a price difference for the gluten-free pizza, and she told me no. Yet the bill reflected charges I had not expected. When I questioned the bill, I spoke with an older blonde hostess, who said she would check with the manager. She returned a couple of minutes later and told me the bill was correct. Shortly afterward, Donna came back and acknowledged that the bill was wrong. She went to speak with her boss, and after approximately 10 minutes, she never returned to explain what had happened. Instead, the hostess simply dropped off the bill. No explanation, no apology, and no effort to make things right. Beyond the food and billing issues, the overall atmosphere was unpleasant. The staff appeared unhappy, rushed, and irritated. There were no welcoming smiles or warmth. At one point, a waitress dropped a tray of water, and my husband got wet. She simply continued walking without even offering an apology. I understand restaurants get busy and mistakes happen. However, courtesy, professionalism, and accountability should never be optional. What disappointed me most was that this was my birthday dinner. I wasn't expecting special treatment, just a good meal, honest pricing, and a welcoming environment where my family and I could enjoy our time together. A restaurant's success isn't just about getting customers through the door; it's about giving them a reason to return. Unfortunately, Cappo's gave me none. I will not be returning, and I sincerely hope management takes customer service and hospitality more seriously in the future. read more

Cappo's - Cauliflower veggie pizza 10" - Pizza Near Me - Portage, Indiana

Still delivering after all these years! The perch and shrimp dinner was delicious. Reasonably priced and great service. Such a good spot in Portage. read more

Cappo's - At the bar... - Pizza Near Me - Portage, Indiana

We love this place. The tomato bread is stellar. The staff is always so kind and quick. The ambiance is a bit much but in the best way. We will keep coming back. read more

Great pizza. Go early it was packed by 5 pm. This was my birthday on a thursday. Will go again soon. read more

4 out of 5 stars for today. Wife ordered a Cuban, which she absolutely loved. I ordered a Philly Cheesesteak. I was vacillating between the Philly and The Reuben. I kind of wished that had ordered the Reuben. The Philly was ok, but it was really "bready" and didn't have a lot of flavor. The side salads were good and so was the service. Cappo's is now on the Wife's rotation. read more

Food was good had it again and it was quite tasty Have eaten inside a few times always good service. The place is clean and friendly. read more

Food wow! Service ok. Love this pizza. My fave. Whenever I visit Chesterton from Elkhart it is my go to place.

I would recommend this restaurant for anyone. We have been dining here for many years and the food is always good and reasonably priced. I have never had a bad meal ever and the staff is really nice. read more

every thing is always great and very depenable, mary jo bryan from the portage exchange club, has been depending on their service for years, try it and you to will be glad you did. we just enjoyed their service again in april of this year. we had an order of 100 pizzas deliverd hot and on time for a community project. golfers, get your clubs ready. our next project will be our annual golf outing, cappo's will again be there. read more

I really enjoyed the create your own mac and cheese. The service was great! The atmosphere was very tasteful as well.

Very nice and cozy spot. Love tge fish tank. Looking at the fishes and sipping my margaritas were very relaxing. Margaritas were delicious! Food was ok. We had chicken tender dinner and baguette for appetizers. Then I had a cheesy potato soup. That was the best thing I had besides the margarita. Fries were good. We had the Cappo's combo pizza and the Italian beef pizza. I liked the Italian pizza better. I believe our server name is Michelle. She was delightful and very attentive. That was my first time there and definitely not my last. I recommend anyone to give them a visit! read more

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Great food and customer service. Love the homemade chips. My husband likes the rib dinner and I like everything.

Service and food quality have gone down will not be visititing again too many options around. Ordered the baguette usually warm n toasty waa warm outside but inside was cold. Italian beef was mush. Not sure what happenned but avoid. read more

Their service was great!! And the food there is always good. I love to go there for their fish and pizza.

Times are tough, they went above and beyond giving out dinners for people in need, When we arrived the place had a good vibe, the staff was absolutely wonderful and friendly. We received a mostaccioli dinner, bread and brownies and I will say my family loved it. This was my first time eating here and I do recommend Cappos. Thank you and God Bless.. Food was amazing read more

I had heard about the pizza at this place being outstanding and have been wanting to try it for awhile. Finally got around to it today, and it was the worst pizza I have ever had in my life. I ordered it online at 3:45 for carry-out to be ready at 5:15. I arrived at Cappo's at 5:10. I expected to have to wait, but they brought it right out. I noticed the bottom of the box was not hot, like a fresh pizza normally would be. It took me 15 minutes to get home, and as it was packaged in a sturdy cardboard box and, I thought, had just come out of the oven, I expected it to be hot and fresh. Wrong...I opened it up and it was BARELY luke-warm. As cool as it was, I believe they started making it as soon as I ordered it, rather than wait to time it out for 5:15, which I requested, and it was sitting in a warmer for over an hour. At least it looked appealing, and l couldn't wait to try it. I ordered the 16" with crumbled sausage, mushrooms, and pineapples. The first bite I took and OUCH!!! It tasted like they covered it in pepper! This was a corner piece, and I thought that maybe some pepper accidently got spilled on that section. I had 2 more pieces from the center, and they were the same. It was so spicy, I was literally sweating after the first several bites. Not sure what happened with the mushrooms and pineapples - there were some present, but scarce. I was hoping that there would be enough pineapples to help blunt the fireball from the pepper, but that was not to be. I absolutely hate spicy food and cannot tolerate it, and I was getting ready to throw the whole thing in the trash, but since my wife, who was out of town, likes spicy food, I saved the rest of it for her. I thought about calling the manager to complain, but I guessed all he would do would comp me another pizza, and I will never, ever subject myself to that 3-alarm fire in my mouth ever again. I would rather have a bland Little Ceasar's or gas station pizza over this crap - I will speed past this pizza place any time I'm driving down route 6 so as not to have any floating pepper debris coming from their restaurant inadvertently get near me. If you don't like hot, spicy food - avoid Crappo's. If you expect your pizza to be hot and fresh when you pick it up - avoid Crappo's. You have been warned. read more

Update... As of today, Cappo's made a notation on their ordering system and website to notate that only the Mozzarella is vegan. Thank you!! Got one today and most of it is gone because it wound up in my stomach before I had the chance to take a picture. Absolutely perfect! Thank you Cappo's. I adjusted to 4 instead of 3 stars. It would be 5 had they offered to remake the other pizza again for me at no cost. Can't wait to get this pizza again next Friday. read more

Cappo's - Amazing perfect Mediterranean pizza with vegan mozzarella. Most of it wound up in my stomach before I could take the picture. - Pizza Near Me - Portage, Indiana

The worst Dried Up PIZZA I ever had!!! Reminds me of, why I haven't ordered from there in YEARS!.. Will NOT BE RETURNING.... NOoNE wants a Sauceless Pizza.. read more

We live in portage and were looking for a good pizza place. My hubby is not a huge fan of Aurelio's (not sure why as I think it's a good pizza place) but he was very pleased with Cappo's pizza. The cappo's combo was delicious! (Side note: Italian beef was mediocre so I would not recommend that.) P.S. From website: Homemade Crust, Homemade Sauce and Our Special Blended Cheese! Take & Bake available read more

Hubs and I stopped for personal pan pizza for lunch and chose to take & bake two pizzas for home. Service was excellent and friendly. We enjoyed the atmosphere and left happy. The take and bake pizzas were just as tasty at home as they were at the restaurant. I will ALWAYS order this take and bake pizza for home! So good! read more

I ordered the chicken fettuccini. The chicken tasted nice. The pasta was cooked to mush and the sauce was generic jarred. I didn't feel like it was anything special. read more

Very reasonably priced Italian food. Great portions and delicious. Free and plenty of parking. Conveniently located on main road thru Portage. read more

My wife and I chose Cappo's because it was close to the HS. We were seated right away but we did have to wait for a server longer than expected seeing that it was empty. I ordered the iced tea and it tasted strange and I just stayed with the water. I ordered a sub sandwich and based on the price I was pleased, until my order arrived. There was next to no meat on the sandwich and it was tiny. My wife ordered the beef sandwich, she wasn't pleased. She was surprised it had raw onions on it and it came with a cup of au jus. Again the meat was lacking and the sandwich was small. My daughter ordered the fettuccine alfredo. She barely touched it. Maybe it was just an off night for them. I wouldn't go back but my wife liked the beer and said she'd give them one more chance. read more

Every pizza I order from Cappo's, no matter if it's classic sausage, vegetarian, or cheese (extra cheese, or course), it's identical to the LAST time I ordered one. It's the consistency for me. With Cappo's being a local favorite, it's nice to have the freshness that's expected along with the consistent flavors usually reserved for pizza chains. I usually order to go, so I cannot include Service or Ambiance in my review, but the cut of the pizza is pretty perfect, too, especially for those days when you want people visiting from out of town to know what a tavern style Midwest pizza can truly be. My faves: Sausage Cheese Pizza, Cappo's Famous Fried Chicken, Cheese Pizza read more

Welp, Cappo's gets 2/5 stars.... Spent $32 on Italian beef w/ fries An Italian chef salad. Jalapeño poppers. And extra fries. The Italian beef was tiny, for $9 i could have gotten a massive beef anywhere else. The poppers were cold, and a total of about 7 poppers, 3 of them was just bread, no jalapeno inside. The salad they put on top of my beef box, so when i got home the salad was warm... nobody does that i just didn't think about it. And they forgot a fry order. For $32 I'm still hungry after my beef and my fiancé has to wait until her salad gets cold again to enjoy it. Poppers went in the garbage. But the beef tasted good, besides the soy sauce like juice. Won't go back again, i called to complain and since i didn't receive a receipt, I'm a liar for what i ordered. read more

Cappo's - Missing jalapeño , 4th one in an order. - Pizza Near Me - Portage, Indiana

The service keeps getting worse and worse here. My son and I went for lunch today. Our server, older lady, absolutely looked alike she hated her job. We both ordered our drink, sprite and a beer, she brought them back and put them down and walked away. Didn't leave a straw or ask if I wanted a glass. She came back 15 minutes later to take our order. We ordered and the food came out. I had about 15 fries on my plate and she did bring our sides. We had to ask again. She retrieved them and then we didn't see her again until she brought the check. We nursed our drinks for over 40 minutes without her even inquiring if we wanted another. This place is missing the previous owner badly. We have been eating here for 15 years, between the changing food and the poor service. This may have been the last time we eat here. read more

Cappo's is very consistent and responsive. Their wait staff is very helpful, responsive, friendly, and courteous. It is truly well made American- Italian food, it will be disappointing to the more ethnically sophisticated palate. However, I take out frequently and they are super efficient and the food is good. I think that you have to think. "Hey, I'm not in Italy, but this is Fabulous Food. And I don't have to clean the kitchen! read more

Fantastic food! Great customer service! Went during slow hour and food still took some time ... at least longer than expected but definitely worth it! read more

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Ordered pizza and a catfish dinner. Pizza was great my husbands catfish dinner was awful. He couldn't even take a bite without even getting a mouthful of bones. We have never ever had catfish like that. If you can't clean out the bones at all don't bother offering it as a meal. Good thing I ordered pizza so he could eat that he threw the whole catfish in garbage what a waste of money and time. Pics below. It's not suppose to be like this from our experience at other places. read more

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Very good pizza and I'm looking forward to having dinner there soon. Friendly staff but you should make reservations because it does get crowded. read more

We have done take-out here. Always good service through there. Go in the back door where it says "carry-out" to pick up. We dined in the other night. The service was awesome. The food was quite good. I got the Italian beef with cheese, peppers, & onions & a side of fries. My husband ordered the fried chicken & masked potatoes with a side of slaw. We were pleased with the portions & the food was exceptional. The ambience is warm and inviting. The prices are reasonable. As usual we will be back here. read more

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Welp. My boyfriend brought me here. He remembered it being one of the best pizza places but he also hadn't been here in a while. First off...lol the pizza crust is not handmade. No way. You can tell it's machine made and it tastes like it as well. You shouldn't have that on a menu if it's false. Our pizza was also very watery. The cheese stuffed bread sticks I did enjoy. I then ordered the lemon berry cake. It was really pretty. Then! I tried to get a bite. Frozen. Yes frozen Waitress was nice, but I won't be back read more

I have ingested many grand things here. I am not especially fond of Italian food. But after my wife divorced me I sought out anything to mend the weeping heart. And so this place sang to me. I danced on the wind and found the service was immeasurably kind and gentle. Like the ocean breeze on a fresh summer day. She married my brother. I recommend the Bosco sticks. They are representative of American capitalist ignorance to one's heart but satisfy the soul. read more

Hmm wanting to be fair in this review so in deep consideration I will say Never again will I order the Sweet bbq pork which I believe was like $ 20 dollars Definitely wasn't cooked correctly possibly a new guy making it or the product was old. Next time McDonalds or the box as the quality would be comparable. Was time challenged to make a connection in my travels otherwise I would all 3 of us have asked for refunds If your traveling may wanna pass the establishment. read more

yum yum yum yum yum Pizza so good!!!! and i go there a lot bc the food good and they have fish that you can sit by the fish tank

Such a lovely hidden gem! I ordered the best chicken Caesar salad for $7.99 and it was HUGE! The best part was the dressing, olives and the tender chicken pieces! The prices were very reasonable and the menu was super diverse! A must go to! read more

Cappo's - $5 PEACH Moscow Mules! YUM!!! - Pizza Near Me - Portage, Indiana

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D and I were looking for somewhere different to go in Portage that we haven't been. I searched on Yelp and settled on Cappo's. We went around 3pm and the place was mostly dead. It picked up a bit once we settled in. I eyed the Cappo's "Famous Fried Chicken" but ultimately went with the Fried Catfish dinner. D decided on the Fried Chicken meal and we ordered mozzarella sticks for appetizers. Our server was nice and accommodated our requests. I liked the catfish and D enjoyed the chicken though he didn't get what made it famous. Portion sizes were a bit small on both dishes and we wound up feeling hungry still. Oddly enough though both of us had a case of the runs when we got home. I'm not sure if it was something in the food that set us off. The one item we had in common was the mozzarella sticks which seemed okay though they could've been hotter. The pizza looked good. If we go back which I'm not 100% sure on, that'll be the next thing to try. read more

Cappo's - Golden fried catfish snack - Pizza Near Me - Portage, Indiana

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I walked in expecting something entirely different. Boy, was I pleasantly surprised. The atmosphere was really comfortable and I was pleasantly greeted. Was asked if would prefer a booth or a table. I sat across from the bar and was greeted by a very pleasant young lady by the name of Cassie. Her smile was covered by the mask but you can see her smile in her hazel eyes. I came in for pizza because I heard it was fantastic but when I saw they had a reuben sandwich, so . . . I went there immediately. It was normally served on Na'an bread but they had it available at the time on marbled rye. BONUS! Stick with the marbeled rye! The sandwiched was toasted perfectly but could've had a few more slices of corned beef. But it was still very flavorable. It came out immediately from the kitchen and was at the right temperature. Great sandwich!! OMG, the waffle fries were fabulous. They were nice and and hot, perfectly salted and required no ketchup for added flavor. The Sam Adams beer from the tap was super cold. The coldest beer I've had in Portage since I've been back. To the manager Brent, thanks for stopping by to see how everything was going. All I can say from this point forward is . . . I will be back again. read more

Still one of our favorites after almost 40 years. (Formally Bronco's) Good food, service and it always feels clean. read more